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• ‘What we’re seeing is adaptation’: scientists study influx of gray whales into Sitka Sound during herring spawn

  10-06-2026 21:30 via ktoo.org
  
  A gray whale forages on herring eggs in Sitka Sound on May 1, 2026. (Photos collected by Alaska Whale Foundation under NMFS permit no. 26663.)
  It’s early May, and five gray whales weave between the kelp as they feed on herring eggs in the water around our 20-foot inflatable boat. Researchers are taking photos to identify individual whales and measure how much weight they’ve gained since they arrived in the Sitka area about a month ago on their yearly migration north.
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• Newscast – Tuesday, June 9, 2026

  10-06-2026 02:59 via ktoo.org
  
  https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260609-News-Update.mp3
  In this newscast:The City and Borough of Juneau has a finalized budget for the next fiscal year, but it didn’t come easy,
  This Celebration counted some political candidates among its attendees,
  Former Gov. Bill Walker wants to end the Permanent Fund dividend with a one-time $10,000 payment to each eligible Alaskan,
  The State of Alaska has opened an investigation into whether Dan Sullivan of Petersburg is intentional
  
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• Juneau Assembly addresses a fairness issue regarding glacial outburst flood wall funding

  10-06-2026 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
  Onlookers watch as floodwater seeps through a HESCO barrier on Riverside Drive near Melvin Park in 2025. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)
  The Juneau Assembly voted Monday night to undo a controversial funding scheme that required some homeowners in the glacial outburst flood zone to pay thousands toward the initial stretch of the Mendenhall River flood wall. 
  Last year, the Juneau Assembly passed a funding plan to split the original cost of building the flood wall with 466 landowners in the
  
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• Three key takeaways from Juneau’s finalized city budget

  10-06-2026 00:21 via ktoo.org
  
  Residents fill City Hall during a Juneau Assembly meeting on Monday, June 8, 2026. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO)
  The City and Borough of Juneau has a finalized budget for the next fiscal year — but it didn’t come easy. 
  Over the past few months, the Juneau Assembly spent dozens of hours debating how to plug a multimillion-dollar recurring budget hole due to the tax exemption on food and utilities and the cap on the city’s property tax rate that voters passed last fall. Th
  
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